confiscatea.[L. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.] Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.()Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. (Shak.)v. t. To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.()It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. (Bacon.)